Man, 58, son drown after canoe capsizes on River Offin

Fifty-Eight (58) year old man and his twenty-two-year-old son have lost their lives at Nerebehi in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal of the Ashanti Region after canoe capsized on River Offin.

The deceased have been identified as Mr. Adama and Yussif Adama.

NPP Youth Organizer Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency Jude Thaddeus Opoku Takyi who confirmed the unfortunate incident to Kumasi based Abusua Fm’s Osei Kwadwo said the deceased were going to farm when the boat capsized following a heavy storm.

According to Thaddeus, one person was rescued.

He added that all effort by officers from the Municipal NADMO and some community members including traditional leaders in the community to retrieve the body proved futile.

This is not the first time such an unfortunate incident is happening on the River Offin.

Meanwhile, the Municipal NADMO Director J T Kwapong said measures have been put in place to retrieve the bodies.